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Favorite holiday special(s)?

Nov 26, 2011#1

Enresshou

Hey, everyone,

Now that Thanksgiving's over and the Christmas season is in full swing, I got to thinking of Christmas specials. Since that could be kind of limited, I thought, hell, why not ALL the holidays? So, what's your favorite holiday special?

Not traditional, but I've posted mine below:

Nov 26, 2011#2

Hailey Knight

The Rankin-Bass Jack Frost is one I enjoy, both for its sweet moments and its stupid ones ("Ice money!")

Nov 26, 2011#3

Charlie Don't Surf

Hey. If any of you are looking for any last-minute gift ideas for me, I have one. I'd like Frank Shirley, my boss, right here tonight. I want him brought from his happy holiday slumber over there on Melody Lane with all the other rich people and I want him brought right here...with a big ribbon on his head! And I want to look him straight in the eye, and I want to tell him what a cheap, lying, no-good, rotten, four-flushing, low-life, snake-licking, dirt-eating, inbred, overstuffed, ignorant, blood-sucking, dog-kissing, brainless, dickless, hopeless, heartless, fat-ass, bug-eyed, stiff-legged, spotty-lipped, worm-headed sack of monkey shit he is! Hallelujah! Holy shit! Where's the Tylenol?

Nov 26, 2011#4

ElJuski

Charlie Don't Surf said:
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It's a Wonderful Life is badass.

Nov 26, 2011#5

Hailey Knight

Oh, are we listing holiday movies, not just specials? In that case, I love Gremlins. I haven't watched it in a few years because it's something my dad and I watch for Christmas and I haven't spent the holidays with him in a while, but I'm looking forward to whenever that happens again.

Nov 26, 2011#6

LittleSin

Muppet Family Christmas and a Muppet Christmas Carol.

Nov 26, 2011#7

Officer_Charon

You know what... I'll give Charlie props on that one. *golfclap*

Also... WTF is wrong with you people that this one was not at the top of the list?

Nov 26, 2011#8

Hailey Knight

LittleSin said:
Muppet Family Christmas and a Muppet Christmas Carol.

Dammit, I still haven't seen a Muppet Christmas Carol. Netflix doesn't even acknowledge its existence.

Nov 26, 2011#9

Dirona

What O_C said. There is only one Christmas special, and that's the Peanuts one.

Though the stop-motion 1964 Rudolph ranks a close second.

Nov 26, 2011#10

ThatNickGuy

Are we talking movies we watch at Christmas, too, or just Christmas specials from shows and such that aren't normally about Christmas?

If we're talking movies: Gremlins, Die Hard

Specials/Episodes: Muppets Family Christmas, Christmas with the Joker

Nov 26, 2011#11

ElJuski

Quotemander Prime said:
Dammit, I still haven't seen a Muppet Christmas Carol. Netflix doesn't even acknowledge its existence.

Wait, really? I thought that was mandatory when you were eight. Fucking love that movie.

Nov 26, 2011#12

checkeredhat

Anybody else remember the Bump in the night christmas special? It was one of my favourites.

I still don't know the actual words to this song, I can't help but sing this version in my head.

Nov 26, 2011#13

Gusto

Holy crap yes! I remember the Jewish snail character singing the dreidel song.

Nov 26, 2011#14

checkeredhat

But obviously the greatest Christmas special ever is

(Good lord not really.)

Nov 26, 2011#15

makare

Again definitely the muppet movies especially muppet family christmas. I really want the full version but i cant find it anywhere

sadness

Scrooged, The Ref, Trapped in Paradise, the Santa Clause movies I know people dislike the third one but I love it Jack Frost cracks me up, Elf, Home alone movies, and It's a Wonderful Life. I know there are more but I can't think of them. I love watching those movies while making christmas treats. But this year we won't really be making treats and that makes me super sad

Nov 26, 2011#16

Vagabond

I don't care what point of the movie it's in, if I'm flipping through channels and I see Trading Places is on, productivity stops.

Nov 26, 2011#17

Bowielee

I watch the Nightmare Before Christmas for both Halloween and Christmas.

As far as specials go, there's always the 24 hour A Christmas Story marathon on USA or TNT or wherever.

Nov 26, 2011#18

doomdragon6

Everyone knows the classics, but two movies I enjoy watching at Christmas Time are Jim Carrie's "The Grinch" and "The Ice Harvest," which isn't a Christmas movie so much as a movie that takes place at Christmas Time. I don't even know why I like that movie so much.

Nov 26, 2011#19

Bowielee

I do love the stop motion Bankin Rass specials as a rule.

Who doesn't love the abominable snowman from The Christmas Without a Santa Claus.

Nov 26, 2011#20

makare

Is that the original Grinch?

Nov 26, 2011#21

Bowielee

makare said:
Is that the original Grinch?

No, that's the live action version. I prefer the original with Tony the Tiger narrating

Nov 26, 2011#22

makare

Hehe I like all the Grinches really.

As far as the stop motion stuff goes I like them now as an adult but as a kid they creeped me out. I have no idea why. *shrugs*

I finally made it all the way through a year without a santa claus a few years ago and i loved it. So fun.

Nov 28, 2011#23

Null

The Ref is my favorite Christmas movie.

Nov 28, 2011#24

sixpackshaker

checkeredhat said:
But obviously the greatest Christmas special ever is

(Good lord not really.)

**pushes up taped nerd glasses...

The Star Wars Holiday Special was a Thanksgiving special.

I am one of likely 3 people here that actually watched it first run.

Nov 28, 2011#25

Bowielee

Just looked up the year... This may actually be one of my first memories ever.

Weird, my edit deleted my original post. I had said that i did recall the harvey corman cooking bot before seeing the special when it reappeared.

Nov 28, 2011#26

SeraRelm

Nov 28, 2011#27

evilmike

Bowielee said:
No, that's the live action version. I prefer the original with Tony the Tiger narrating

Actually, it's Tony the Tiger singing. It's narrated by the legendary actor William Henry Pratt.

Nov 28, 2011#28

ElJuski

"No sausage for little Homer."

Nov 28, 2011#29

checkeredhat

sixpackshaker said:
**pushes up taped nerd glasses...

The Star Wars Holiday Special was a Thanksgiving special.

I am one of likely 3 people here that actually watched it first run.

Whatever, I wasn't born yet.

Nov 28, 2011#30

Sparhawk

sixpackshaker said:
**pushes up taped nerd glasses...

The Star Wars Holiday Special was a Thanksgiving special.

I am one of likely 3 people here that actually watched it first run.

I would make #2 on that list... Even better though, I've had dinner with three of the actors in that special now.

My personal favorite is A Christmas Carol starring Patrick Stewart. I think that it's the best production of that story ever.

Nov 28, 2011#31

BananaHands

Can I say the Doctor Who christmas specials without people hating me?

Nov 28, 2011#32

makare

too late.

Nov 28, 2011#33

LittleSin

Man, I can't find that Patrick Stewart Christmas Carol anywhere!

Nov 28, 2011#34

PatrThom

sixpackshaker said:
I am one of likely 3 people here that actually watched it first run.

Make that 4.
--Patrick
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evilmike said:
Actually, it's Tony the Tiger singing. It's narrated by the legendary actor William Henry Pratt.

C'mon, you can say Thurl Ravenscroft.
You had me going. For a moment there, I was all, "No, it was Boris Ka...ha...hahahaIseewhatyoudidthere."
--Patrick

Nov 28, 2011#35

makare

geezers

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